Abstract Objective Changes in family dynamics due to increased union instability are gathering scholarly attention. Against this backdrop, we asked: How do family life courses evolve after the dissolution of a first union? And, how do these processes vary across socio-historical contexts? Method…
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“The children don’t do enough”: Including children in fairness perceptions of housework
Abstract Objective The present study set out to investigate how all the members, including children, of nuclear US families conceptualize a fair division of household labor. Background The majority of the literature has focused on how couples perceive their family’s…
Adultification in the context of childhood exposure to domestic violence
Abstract Objective Drawing upon family systems theory, Burton’s childhood adultification model, and Johnson’s typology of domestic violence (DV), the objective of this qualitative study was to understand the adultification experiences of young adults who were exposed to DV while growing…